Re: jdk1.5 and sparc

2006-09-06 Thread Stefaan A Eeckels
On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 18:43:51 +1000 Dan Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok getting off topic here, nope ubuntu and freebsd partitions 160GB , > solaris only manages to see 130GB to partition on top of this the > original drive that was in my fire v100 rack is now not usable in > solaris as it

Re: jdk1.5 and sparc

2006-09-06 Thread Dan Rossi
Stefaan A Eeckels wrote: On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 00:57:22 +1000 Dan Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Are you installing Solaris 10 on a SPARC based box? The by now very old Ultra 5 and 10 had a IDE controller that was limited to 128GB, but that applies to all OSes you'd install on them.

Re: jdk1.5 and sparc

2006-09-06 Thread Stefaan A Eeckels
On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 00:57:22 +1000 Dan Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh well, it would have been really nice, ive gone back to installing > solaris 10, however it doesnt seem its progressed in any way at all. > I managed to get both freebsd and ubuntu installed in under 20 mins, > with solar

Re: jdk1.5 and sparc

2006-09-05 Thread Dan Rossi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 08:49:43PM +0200, Johan Vos wrote: Hi, I did the port to Linux/SPARC for JDK 1.2, but I don't have a performant Linux/Sparc machine anymore and 1.5 is very different from 1.2. Apart from that, I don't think there is a huge interes

Re: jdk1.5 and sparc

2006-09-05 Thread seb
On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 08:49:43PM +0200, Johan Vos wrote: > Hi, > > I did the port to Linux/SPARC for JDK 1.2, but I don't have a performant > Linux/Sparc machine anymore and 1.5 is very different from 1.2. Apart > from that, I don't think there is a huge interest in Linux/SPARC > anymore, as

Re: jdk1.5 and sparc

2006-09-04 Thread Stefaan A Eeckels
On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 06:44:59 +1000 Jim Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 04/09/2006, at 11:28 PM, Stefaan A Eeckels wrote: > > > On Mon, 04 Sep 2006 22:18:07 +1000 > > Dan Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> my last resort is of course solaris 10. > > > > In my experience, on SPARC S

Re: jdk1.5 and sparc

2006-09-04 Thread Jim Watson
On 04/09/2006, at 11:28 PM, Stefaan A Eeckels wrote: On Mon, 04 Sep 2006 22:18:07 +1000 Dan Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: my last resort is of course solaris 10. In my experience, on SPARC Solaris 10 is the superior OS. developer resources are scarce for sparc another option for linux

Re: jdk1.5 and sparc

2006-09-04 Thread Dan Rossi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: According to Jurgen Kreileder, there is one bug left that prevents a release. At this time, no JVM is running on the sparc port because of some changes in the glibc that cause the 1.4.1 (only 1.4 jdm released) to crash on non trivial load. Don't ask me, I don't know h

Re: jdk1.5 and sparc

2006-09-04 Thread seb
On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 10:18:07PM +1000, Dan Rossi wrote: > Hi, im trying to get answers about this, after reading the 1.5 status > > http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/j2se1.5-status.html > > it states there is jdk1.5 support for sparc among other platforms. > However when i go i

Re: jdk1.5 and sparc

2006-09-04 Thread Dan Rossi
Klaus Wagner wrote: On Mon, 2006-09-04 at 22:18 +1000, Dan Rossi wrote: Hi, im trying to get answers about this, after reading the 1.5 status http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/j2se1.5-status.html it states there is jdk1.5 support for sparc among

Re: jdk1.5 and sparc

2006-09-04 Thread Klaus Wagner
On Mon, 2006-09-04 at 22:18 +1000, Dan Rossi wrote: > Hi, im trying to get answers about this, after reading the 1.5 status > > http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/j2se1.5-status.html > > it states there is jdk1.5 support for sparc among other platforms. > However when i go into all

Re: jdk1.5 and sparc

2006-09-04 Thread Dan Rossi
Stefaan A Eeckels wrote: On Mon, 04 Sep 2006 22:18:07 +1000 Dan Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: my last resort is of course solaris 10. In my experience, on SPARC Solaris 10 is the superior OS. Ok but in terms of admining the upkeep of a developer server obviousl

Re: jdk1.5 and sparc

2006-09-04 Thread Stefaan A Eeckels
On Mon, 04 Sep 2006 22:18:07 +1000 Dan Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > my last resort is of course solaris 10. In my experience, on SPARC Solaris 10 is the superior OS. -- Stefaan -- As complexity rises, precise statements lose meaning, and meaningful statements lose precision. -- Lotfi Za

jdk1.5 and sparc

2006-09-04 Thread Dan Rossi
Hi, im trying to get answers about this, after reading the 1.5 status http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/j2se1.5-status.html it states there is jdk1.5 support for sparc among other platforms. However when i go into all the mirrors i can only see 1.4 available. Im wondering if i